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Reference code
GB 891 RAS GOV4-RAS GOV4/331
Title
Letter from Richard Clarke to James Cosmo Melvill, 5 July 1854
Date(s)
- 5th Jul 1854 (Creation)
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Context area
Name of creator
(1823-)
Administrative history
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of… read more
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to James Cosmo Melvill, Secretary, East India Company, to send 100 copies of a paper by H.H. Wilson, Director, entitled 'On the supposed Vaidick authority for the burning of Hindu widows' for distribution in India. (… read more
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Language of material
- English